TI-2017-08569 Aliases CVE-2017-11575 GHSA-5f6g-6ff4-96qp

FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in strnmatch (char.c) resulting in…

LOW 37CWE-125Published 2017-07-23 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in strnmatch (char.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file, related to a call from the readttfcopyrights function in parsettf.c.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01224 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:20161012:::::::*	20161012	Vulnerable	FontForge

cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:20161012:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 20161012 Vulnerable ·FontForge

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-11575
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5f6g-6ff4-96qp

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3096

Advisory 1

DSA-3958

TI-2025-32277 FontForge v20230101 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the utf7toutf8_copy function at /fontforge/sfd.c. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2025-32275 FontForge v20230101 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the component DlgCreate8. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2019-11856 FontForge 20190813 through 20190820 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-04474 FontForge 20190801 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the Type2NotDefSplines() function in splinesave.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2020-04441 FontForge 20190801 has a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData in sfd.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2017-12798 uiutil.c in FontForge through 20170731 does not validate strings before launching the… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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